It’s been a long and twisty road, but I’m nearing completion of this project. I had to take several months off because I broke my foot and working on this in a boot was near impossible.
Fast forward to today and I’m in the process of patching some gelcoat. Color matching faded white has proven...
I have been working my tail off the past couple of months and haven’t had a chance to post any progress. It’s stupid hot and muggy out, and I’m out of resin so I’ll take this opportunity to provide an update. Along the way, I have continued to ensure that my beam measurements stay intact. They...
That’s kinda where I’m at with it. I was going to just let it slide and slap a bunch of resin down but changed my mind and figured I’d try to get it close enough to minimize over utilizing my resin.
That’s what I was going with originally, but wanted to get a tighter fit. I didn’t do anything to match the contour at first and just wasn’t feeling the way they sat. I ended up getting the contour “good enough” and letting the resin fill the voids.
Does anyone have a trick for the best way to contour new stringers to match the side to side pitch of the hull? I was able to salvage the old stringers to get the bow to stern curve, but they were totally rotten and any bottom angling was unrecognizable.
I got it to match pretty well by...
last one of the day, I promise! This is a pic of me dry fitting the transom with my clamps. It seems to fit pretty well and is sooo much better than what came out of there a few months back.
My hull is nice and clean and ready for some new wood! I have measured, and re measured, and measured again to make sure my hill has not shifted. So far so good, and I’m hopeful to get some new wood glassed in here over the next week or two.
For those of you still following along, I finally started the rebuild process. I got my transom wood all cut and was able to lay my first piece of fiberglass. It went pretty well with one little oops. I realized as I was setting down the top piece, there was one edge that I cut the mat 1/4...
The weather finally broke, so I could get back to the boat demo. I got all of the foam out and two of the stringers. They both came out in one piece, so I can use them as templates for the new ones :) I have a question about the middle stringer. There seems to be an area back by the bilge pump...
I’m looking for some old pics of ‘75-78 Ebbtide trihulls to get an idea f how the interior trim pieces should look like. I’m in the process of completely redoing the interior of my ‘76 and am clueless on how the side panels should be pieced together. They were completely gone when I bought the...
Thanks for the advice!
Another quick question/concern. With the freezing temps upon us, is there any concern with me continuing to demo out the rotten stringers and old foam? I’m wondering if the freezing temps will have an impact on a bare hull. I want to keep this project moving and be ready...
